"York and Chicago (WCFL); #8 in Toronto and San Diego, #9 in Seattle; #10 Vancouver and Indianapolis; #11 Los Angeles, Louisville, Providence, and Chicago (WLS); #12 Milwaukee and Columbus. Partial credits from Craig Slowinski. ""unknown"" – guitars, bass, drums, tambourine In 1973, Larry Lurex, the solo stage name of Freddie Mercury, recorded ""I Can Hear Music."" His version peaked at #115 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. In 1996, the Beach Boys rerecorded the song, with contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccoli on lead vocals, for their country album ""Stars and Stripes Vol. 1"". I Can Hear"
"Larry Finnegan John Lawrence Finneran, better known by his stage name Larry Finnegan (Some have him listed with stage name ""Larry Finneran"" but that is incorrect)(October 10, 1938 – July 22, 1973) was an American pop singer. Born in New York, Finnegan's only hit in the U.S. was 1962's ""Dear One"", which went to #11 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and climbed to #1 in Australia. The recording had sold one million copies by 1966, earning a gold disc. In the mid-1960s Finnegan moved to Sweden, where he had more hits. In 1966 he started his own record label"
"Luther Dixon Luther Dixon (August 7, 1931 – October 22, 2009) was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Jackson 5, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dusty Springfield, Jimmy Reed and others. As a producer, Dixon helped create the signature sound of the girl group the Shirelles. Dixon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but his family moved to Brooklyn, New York, when he was young. He learned to sing in church. Dixon began his professional career in 1954 with the"
"Melbourne stage production of ""Tommy"". In the intervening years, the pair performed occasionally as Bobby & Laurie until their final ""Don't Let The Music Die"" concert on 1 June 2002 at the Kingston City Hall. On 13 June 2002, Allen died suddenly from a heart attack. Bobby & Laurie Bobby & Laurie were a popular Australian singing duo of the 1960s, featuring Laurie Allen (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Bobby Bright (born as Robert Bright, in England 3 February 1945) vocals, guitar). Their regular backing band were The Rondells. The pair formed one of the leading acts in the first wave"
"Larry Muhoberac Larry Muhoberac (born Lawrence Gordon Muhoberac, Jr.; (February 12, 1937 - December 4, 2016) was an American musician, record producer, and composer who was also known under pseudonyms ""Larry Owens"" and ""Larry Gordon"". Muhoberac is widely known as the original keyboardist in Elvis Presley's TCB Band. He first appeared live with the group at Presley's Hotel International debut in Las Vegas on July 31, 1969. After one tour in Las Vegas, Glen Hardin replaced him on piano in January 1970. Other members from the TCB era were James Burton (lead guitar), Jerry Scheff (bass), John Wilkinson (rhythm guitar),"
"Calvert DeForest Calvert Grant DeForest (July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007), also known by his character Larry ""Bud"" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" and the ""Late Show with David Letterman"". Little has been published about his early life. He was born to Calvert Martin DeForest, M.D., a physician who died in 1949, and Mabelle (Taylor) DeForest. Calvert's father was a cousin of radio pioneer Lee de Forest. DeForest attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York. He was employed for many years as a"
"cancer, from which he died in 1983. Larry Darnell Larry Darnell (born Leo Edward Donald, Jr.; December 17, 1928, Columbus, Ohio – July 3, 1983, Columbus) was a successful American singer who was instrumental in the formation of the New Orleans style of R&B in the late 1940s and early 1950s. As an eleven-year-old Darnell achieved local fame as a gospel singer, and left home at 15 years of age to work as a dancer with a burlesque road show, the Brownskin Models. In New Orleans he gained steady employment as a singer at the Dew Drop Inn. In 1949"
"Martin and Lewis Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis. They met in 1945 and debuted at Atlantic City's 500 Club on July 25, 1946; the team lasted ten years to the day. Dean Martin is the stage name of Dino Paul Crocetti, born June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, while Jerry Lewis is the stage name of Joseph Levitch, born March 16, 1926, in Newark, New Jersey. Martin died on December 25, 1995, and then Lewis died on August 20, 2017. Before they teamed up, Martin was a nightclub singer,"
"Happy Day""). It drew a huge emotional ovation from the audience and cast. He left the show for the final time in 1980 when his health began to fail again. Three years later, he died of kidney failure. In recent years, Hooper received new interest because of a video tape-loop played before Howie Mandel's stand-up shows of his singing ""Oh Happy Day"" for 20 minutes. Larry Hooper Larry ""Bullfrog"" Hooper (July 22, 1917 in Independence, Missouri – June 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and vocalist. He was best known to television audiences as part of"
"new generation of comedians and celebrities including Dick Cavett, Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers, Marcel Marceau, and Dick Van Dyke. Laurel lived until 1965 and survived to see the duo's work rediscovered through television and classic film revivals. He died on February 23 in Santa Monica and is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California. Laurel and Hardy's films included a supporting cast of comic actors, some of whom appeared regularly. The duo's famous signature tune, known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"" or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"", was composed by Roach musical director Marvin Hatley as the"
"Larry Dale Larry Dale (born Ennis L. Lowery, January 7, 1923 – May 19, 2010) was an American blues singer, guitarist and session musician. He was born in Hungerford, Texas, United States. During the early 1950s he took initial inspiration on guitar playing from B.B. King, making his first recordings as a sideman for Paul Williams and his Orchestra (on Jax Records), and for Big Red McHouston & His Orchestra. Taking the name Larry Dale, he recorded for the RCA subsidiary Groove Records with a band that included Mickey Baker and pianist Champion Jack Dupree. He also wrote songs using"
"Larry Hooper Larry ""Bullfrog"" Hooper (July 22, 1917 in Independence, Missouri – June 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and vocalist. He was best known to television audiences as part of ""The Lawrence Welk Show"" as a featured singer and pianist in Welk's orchestra. Born in Independence, Missouri and raised in Lebanon, Missouri, he joined the Welk band in 1948 when they were doing evening performances at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. His popularity was largely due to his basso profondo voice, renditions of ""This Old House"" and ""Asleep In The Deep,"" and his"
"19, 2007. Per his request, no funeral services were held; he was cremated and his remains were interred at Pinelawn Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York. By all press accounts, he left no surviving relatives. Calvert DeForest Calvert Grant DeForest (July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007), also known by his character Larry ""Bud"" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" and the ""Late Show with David Letterman"". Little has been published about his early life. He was born to Calvert Martin DeForest, M.D., a physician who died in 1949, and"
"Lawrence Holofcener Lawrence Holofcener (February 23, 1926 – March 4, 2017) was an American-British sculptor, poet, lyricist, playwright, novelist, actor and director. He held British and American dual nationality. As a singer and songwriter he was better known as Larry Holofcener. He died in March 2017 at the age of 91. As a tribute to his transatlantic love affair with England, his obituary was also published by UK's ""The Daily Telegraph"". Holofcener attended University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he met and performed with Jerry Bock. They went on to write songs for ""Big as Life"" and"
"80. Arnold Lucy Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1930). Lucy was the youngest of the six sons of architect and surveyor Donald Campbell (1830-1900) and his wife Lucy Elizabeth (née Speak; 1828-1922) of Church Lane, Hornfield Lodge, Tottenham. His parents married in 1853. Their youngest child and only daughter, Rose Lucy, was born in 1871. Arnold Lucy started his acting career in the late 19th Century at the theatre and it is stated"
"Rudy Lewis Rudy Lewis (born Charles Rudolph Harrell; August 23, 1936 – May 20, 1964) was an American rhythm and blues singer known for his work with the Drifters. In 1988, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lewis began his singing career in gospel music. He was one of only two males to have sung with the Clara Ward Singers and sang with the gospel group right up to the day before he auditioned for George Treadwell at Philadelphia's Uptown Theater where he was hired on the spot. Lewis joined the Drifters as lead"
"Larry Lujack Larry Lujack (June 6, 1940 – December 18, 2013), also called Superjock, Lawrence of Chicago, Uncle Lar, and King of the Corn Belt, was a Top 40 music radio disc jockey who was well known for his world-weary sarcastic style. Some of his more popular routines included ""Klunk Letter of the Day"", the darkly humorous ""Animal Stories"" with sidekick Tommy Edwards as ""Little Tommy"", and the ""Cheap Trashy Show Biz Report"". Lujack initially came to Chicago to work for WCFL-AM. He spent a few months there before being hired at WLS. While at WCFL, Lujack closed the air"
"Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released its gold-certified debut album, ""The Glow of Love"", in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. After Vandross left the group, he was signed to Epic Records as a solo artist and released his debut"
"Larry Cunningham Larry Cunningham (13 February 1938 - 28 September 2012) was an Irish country music singer, who was one of the leading figures of the showband scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Regarded as a ""trailblazer"" and ""legend"" in the music industry, he accomplished a series of ""firsts"" during his career. In 1964, Cunningham broke into the British charts with ""Tribute to Jim Reeves"", the first time an Irish artist had done such a thing. Cunningham grew up in the townland of Clooneen in Mullinalaghta parish, near Granard, County Longford, in a farming family of seven children. After leaving"
"his later years. He died of AIDS in 1992 at the age of 65. Larry Roberts was born Lawrence Saltzman on September 28, 1926. He was the only child of Robert E. and Mabel (Haber) Saltzman. He was a native of Cleveland, Ohio. After his parents divorced, his father moved to Los Angeles. During World War II, Roberts served with General Patton's Third Army in France, Germany and Austria. After his military service, Roberts went to L.A. on vacation, but stayed there to help organize the Circle Theatre. He performed with this group under the name Larry Salters, appearing in"
"Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"". It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their"
"Arnold Lucy Arnold Lucy (born Walter George Campbell, 8 August 1865 – 15 December 1945) was a British theatre and film actor, best known as Professor Kantorek in ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" (1930). Lucy was the youngest of the six sons of architect and surveyor Donald Campbell (1830-1900) and his wife Lucy Elizabeth (née Speak; 1828-1922) of Church Lane, Hornfield Lodge, Tottenham. His parents married in 1853. Their youngest child and only daughter, Rose Lucy, was born in 1871. Arnold Lucy started his acting career in the late 19th Century at the theatre and it is stated that"
"tuberculosis, at the age of 48. Aubrey Lyles Aubrey Lee Lyles (8 January 1884 – 28 July 1932), sometimes credited as A. L. Lyles, was an African American vaudeville performer, playwright, songwriter, and lyricist. He appeared with Flournoy E. Miller as Miller and Lyles, a popular comedy duo, from 1905 until shortly before his death. Lyles was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and attended Fisk University in Nashville as a medical student. He began performing as one half of a comedy duo, Miller and Lyles, with his friend Flournoy Miller. From 1905, Miller and Lyles were hired by impresario Robert T."
"Lonnie Lee Lonnie Lee is the stage name of David Lawrence Rix (born 18 September 1940), an Australian singer, who has fronted Lonnie Lee and the Leeman and Lonnie Lee and the Leedons. He is a pioneer of Australian rockabilly music and has worked in the industry for 60 years. At the peak of his career, Lee had eight top 100 singles, which included three top 20s, ""Ain't It So"" (November 1959), ""Starlight Star Bright"" (January 1960) and ""I Found a New Love"" (September). He achieved five gold records. His last single, ""Sad Over Someone"", was in 1969, and he"
"succeeded Walter Paepcke as the director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, a position he held until his death in 1960. His pupils included singers William Blankenship, Michael Trimble, and Barry McDaniel. Harrell died in Dallas, aged 50. General citations Inline citations Mack Harrell Mack Kendree Harrell, Jr. (8 October 1909 Celeste, Texas — 29 January 1960 Dallas, Texas) was an American operatic and concert baritone vocalist who was regarded as one of the greatest American-born lieder singers of his generation. Harrell was born in Celeste, Texas, to Asbury Mack Kendree Harrell (1857–1915) and Mollie Harrell, ""(née"" Virginia Marr"
"Larry Norman Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music, and released more than 100 albums. Larry Norman was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the oldest son of Joe Hendrex ""Joe Billy"" Norman (December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999), and his wife, Margaret Evelyn ""Marge"" Stout (born in 1925 in Nebraska). Joe Norman had served as a sergeant in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and worked at the"
"Enzo Stuarti Enzo Stuarti (born Lorenzo Scapone; March 3, 1919 – December 16, 2005) was an Italian American tenor and musical theater performer. After performing on Broadway under the stage names Larry Laurence and Larry Stuart, he changed his name again and began a recording career in which he released several successful albums. He made regular stage and television appearances, and was featured in commercials for Ragú spaghetti sauce. Stuarti was born Lorenzo Scapone in Rome, Italy. His parents fled Italy for the United States when Benito Mussolini came to power, but he was left behind with an aunt who"
"Larry Hall Larry Hall (born Lawrence Kendall Hall; June 30, 1940 – September 24, 1997) was an American singer mostly known for his one-hit wonder song called ""Sandy"" in 1959. The disc reached #15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Hall was born in Hamlet, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio to Woodrow Burney Hall and Toto Sophia Sizemore Hall. He attended Rancho Alamitos High School, Garden Grove California in the late 50's. He appeared on the favorite dance show, American Band Stand in late 1959 and was seen out with a variety of female singers. He married Sharon Lee"
"Larry Rivers Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx to Samuel and Sonya Grossberg, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. From 1940–45 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as ""Larry Rivers and the Mudcats"" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945–46, along with"
"Lobby Loyde Lobby Loyde (born John Baslington Lyde, 18 May 1941 – 21 April 2007), also known as John Barrie Lyde or Barry Lyde, was an Australian rock music guitarist, songwriter and producer. He was a member of two 1960s groups: Purple Hearts, which had a Top 40 hit with ""Early in the Morning"" in 1966, and Wild Cherries with their hit ""That's Life"" in 1967. He became a leading figure in the 1970s Australian pub rock scene, particularly as a member of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs on their No. 8 album, ""The Hoax Is Over"" (1971) and Coloured"
"Charley Lincoln Charley Lincoln (born Charlie Hicks, Jr., March 11, 1900 – September 28, 1963), also known as Laughing Charley, was an early American country blues musician. He often recorded with his brother Robert Hicks, who was billed as Barbecue Bob. Hicks was born in Lithonia, Georgia. In his teens he was taught to play the guitar by Savannah Weaver, the mother of Curley Weaver, and performed in the Lithonia area until 1920. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and worked outside the field of music, occasionally performing with his brother. He recorded with his brother for Columbia Records from 1927"
"Charts. In November 2013, Ultravox performed as special guests on a four date UK arena tour with Simple Minds. These shows proved to be Ultravox's last, as in 2017 both Currie and Ure indicated that Ultravox had run its course. The band was formed in 1973 on the initiative of vocalist and songwriter Dennis Leigh, a then Royal College of Art student, and was originally known as Tiger Lily. An initial but incomplete line-up comprised Leigh plus Chris Allen (bass guitar) and Stevie Shears (guitar), with Warren Cann (drums) and Billy Currie (violin) joining in May and October 1974 respectively."
"Laila Sari Hajjah Laila Sari (born Nur Laila Sari Jahrotuljannah; 4 November 1935 – 20 November 2017) was an Indonesian comedian and singer of rock and children's songs. She has been nicknamed the ""energetic old lady"" () for her on-stage persona. Sari was born Nurlaila Sari Jahrotuljannah in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, on 4 November 1935. Her father died when she was two, and the following year her grandparents took her from her singer mother Amak to live on Java. There, she was raised in a devout Muslim environment. She went back to live her mother and new stepfather at"